Anonymous wages war on French company that trademarked their logo

French company Early Flicker has trademarked the logo and slogan of Anonymous, an action the hacking group says ‘will not go unpunished’.

Anonymous has threatened Early Flicker with attacks to its website (Picture: Anonymous)

The Paris-based online clothing company has registered the image of a headless suited figure used by the collective, along with their slogan: ‘We are Anonymous, We do not forgive, We do not forget. Expect us.’

The trademarking may prove to be unwise given Anonymous’s history of pummelling the websites of its enemies with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which often render whole sites unusable.

The hackers have already warned E-Flicker to stop using the logo and accompanying slogan, saying in a video posted on YouTube that Anonymous will ‘will take down any business they have going on the internet’.

Unauthorised Anonymous T-shirts have sprung up online (Picture: eBay)

‘The 99 per cent will not stop until the registration has been revoked and a public apology has been made. The name of Anonymous will not be the whore of the world,’ they said.

The suit logo has become synonymous with the group’s attacks, along with masks of the Guy Fawkes character in graphic novel and film, V For Vendetta.

Anonymous has launched something it calls ‘Operation Anon Trademark’ against the company, which is currently stocking the t-shirts in the ‘geek’ section of its internet shop.